Wedgwood’s First Day’s Vase is back on public display
An iconic vase formed by master potter Josiah Wedgwood is back on permanent display in Stoke-on-Trent after it was saved for the nation
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13th-century Mostyn Psalter-Hours saved for the nation
A rare and beautiful Psalter – a volume of psalms – produced in 13th-century London has been acquired by the British Library.
The Monson Collection saved for the nation
The Monson Collection, an ‘indispensable record of British national life’, is to be purchased and permanently displayed at Lincolnshire Archives with a £242,500 National Heritage Memorial Fund grant
It’s coming home – rare Wedgwood vase to return to the city!
Campaigners are celebrating after securing enough money to save a rare piece of pottery made by master potter Josiah Wedgwood days before deadline
Rare vase designed by William Burges is saved for the nation
National Museums Scotland acquires exquisite vase from a set of four designed by the gothic revival architect and designer William Burges (1827-81) for the Summer Smoking Room at Cardiff Castle
England’s grandest country house saved for nation
Located near Rotherham in South Yorkshire, Wentworth Woodhouse is exceptional in both architecture and scale.
Review of the National Heritage Memorial Fund launched
The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) is conducting a Tailored Review of the National Heritage Memorial Fund
Earliest watercolour of Henry VIII’s Nonsuch palace saved
Subject to a temporary export ban earlier this year, it has now been saved for the nation.
Secret 17th-century Catholic chapel saved
NHMF has awarded £125,000 to purchase the building, whilst the Pilgrim Trust has contributed £25,000.